Industry | 12/5/2024
The Minister of Industry and Tourism announced that the Law on Industry and Strategic Autonomy would be adopted in the coming weeks.The Spanish Chamber of Commerce and the Ministry signed a collaboration agreement in January to foster actions supporting entrepreneurship.
Industry | 12/4/2024
Rebeca Torró reminded that the PERTE VEC entails an investment of more than €3.7 billion.These public PERTE VEC aid strive to successfully meet the mobility model that this electrified, sustainable and affordable Government has committed to.Within the framework of the DANA (flash flooding), the Ministry of Industry and Tourism has launched the Plan Reinicia Auto + with €465 million earmarked so that the more than 120,000 affected can easily replace vehicles that were destryoed in the flash flooding.
Industry | 12/4/2024
The minister has provided the government's collaboration with the Regional Government of Andalusia to attract new investments, and makes Perte VEC IV available to drive the DESAY project in Linares. The Ministry of Industry and Tourism has invested approximately €63 billion in Andalusia within the framework of the industrial PERTEs.Cunext Copper Industries of Córdoba, with €30 million to implement a new process of copper production has been one of the projects who benefit most.Jordi Hereu hoped that the draft bill on Industry and Strategic Autonomy could be adopted before the end of the year by the Council of Ministers, in order to begin with the parliamentary procedure as soon as possible.
Tourism | 12/3/2024
More 82.8 million international travellers have visited Spain in the first ten months of 2024, 10.8% more than the same period last year.Tourist expenditures in October was €11.898 billion, 15.5% more than the same month in 2023, and also arrivals also grew: 9.5%, to more than 8.9 million.In October, every visitor spent an average of €1,327, 5.5% more than in 2023, and spending per day and traveller also rose 2.9% to €191.The marked increase – 19.5% in the arrival of tourists and 26.2% in expenditure – in all communities that are not considered as the six major recipients, demonstrating the effectiveness of tourism deconcentration policies implemented by the ministry.
Industry | 11/18/2024
Industrias Celulosa Aragonesa, Mercedes Benz, Industrias Lácteas Asturianas, Borges and Cementos Molins are among the beneficiary companies. With these new resolutions, the first call for Line 1 of the Decarbonization PERTE initiative has already granted nearly 400 million euros in subsidies and almost €1 million in loans. During his speech, Minister Hereu rated the work of entities such as Eurecat, which promotes a competitive and innovative industry that generates value and well-being for society, very positively.